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Parents Accessing Special Education Services During The Covid Pandemic, Julianne Petrillo Apr 2022

Parents Accessing Special Education Services During The Covid Pandemic, Julianne Petrillo

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Covid Brokers: The Pandemic Experiences Of Second-Generation Immigrant College Students, Brenda Ordonez Apr 2022

Covid Brokers: The Pandemic Experiences Of Second-Generation Immigrant College Students, Brenda Ordonez

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The Covid pandemic affected students at a disportionate rate. Children of immigrants frequently help their parents navigate barriers such as linguistic and cultural barriers. Often the main stressors of children of immigrants who are attending college are related to navigating college resources and mediating multiple responsibilities making staying in school more challenging. This study was conducted at Trinity College, a predominately white institution, with the goal of investigating how the pandemic affected the academic, psychological, and financial well-being of children of immigrants attending PWIs. This research was based on nine semi-structured, qualitative interviews with second-generation immigrant students attending the following …


The Quizzical Queerness Of A Generation Left Alone With Their Queries: How The Covid-19 Pandemic Has Affected Queer Trinity Students, Cj Donohoe Apr 2022

The Quizzical Queerness Of A Generation Left Alone With Their Queries: How The Covid-19 Pandemic Has Affected Queer Trinity Students, Cj Donohoe

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This paper analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as it pertains to queer students at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Themes of a fuck-it mentality, increased time with family, and broader engagement with the LGBTQIA+ community on social media reinforced queer young people's identities, causing them to be more comfortable and confident in these identities. This research is a qualitative study of 10 queer-identified students at Trinity College and is grounded in theoretical frameworks by Judith Butler and Michel Foucault.


A Tale Of Two Sides: An Analysis Into Which Demographics The English Department Attracts And Why, Jennifer Mendez Apr 2022

A Tale Of Two Sides: An Analysis Into Which Demographics The English Department Attracts And Why, Jennifer Mendez

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This paper aims to provide a more in-depth focus on the English Department in college/university settings, specifically at Trinity College. Additionally, it looks at the structure of its current curriculum and whether or not it attracts students of color to the department, and why?


The Bursting Of The Non-Profit Bubble: Why Non-Profit Kids Simply Won’T Catch A Break, Jederick Estrella Apr 2022

The Bursting Of The Non-Profit Bubble: Why Non-Profit Kids Simply Won’T Catch A Break, Jederick Estrella

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Studying conceptions of success within nonprofit and boarding school students and how they envision their future. Through an understanding of students' individual conceptions of success, one can start to analyze how reliant students were on elite educational institutions and nonprofit scholar programs to make them worthy of sponsored mobility through their track record of success.


Left At The Door Of Trinity- Community Based Organizations And Their Role In College Success At Trinity, Karolina Barrientos Apr 2022

Left At The Door Of Trinity- Community Based Organizations And Their Role In College Success At Trinity, Karolina Barrientos

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Community-based organizations, (CBOs) have given a specific subset of students opportunities for higher education. These organizations tasked themselves with providing students from historically marginalized backgrounds, typically students of color from lower social-economic statuses, the resources to access top-tier colleges and universities. This transactional trend can be identified in institutions like Trinity, a private liberal arts college that inherently upholds white supremacy and capitalism. In organizations streamlining students into these institutions, it eventually became clear that access to these organizations is not enough to ensure their success and clear implementation of college success was necessary. Leading me to my research question, …